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Puzosia (Austiniceras) giganteum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puzosia (Austiniceras) giganteum was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 2245.03, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 2245, Dry Creek, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Puzosia (Austiniceras) giganteum Anderson p. 239 figs. Pl 16, figs 1,1a,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusPuzosiaNowak 1913
subgenusAustiniceras(Spath 1922)
speciesgiganteum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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